ISAIAH is a faith-based organization in the State of Minnesota that works to bring about policy and legislative change in our city and in our state. Working with ISAIAH, St. Paul-Reformation has visited with legislators at the Minnesota State Capital to work for immigrant rights, paid sick leave for families, and a host of other issues that live out our commitment to justice. We do this as people of faith, and our calling as disciples of Jesus Christ is to make the world a more just place where everyone can thrive.

Many voices are needed in this work, and yours is one of them. Change happens when communities organize, and we invite you to join us as we take seriously the tag-line of the ELCA: "God's Work. Our Hands."

If you would like to learn more about how you can help with SPR's ISAIAH Core Team, please send us an e-mail by clicking here.

Everyone Matters, and is entitled to abundant life. There are no exceptions.

ISAIAH is a vehicle for congregations, clergy, and people of faith to
act collectively and powerfully towards racial and economic equity in
the state of Minnesota.

VALUES

ISAIAH believes that leadership development unites and allows people to
take powerful steps to improve the quality of our community.

ISAIAH values ethnic and religious diversity in communities and sees this diversity as enriching and healthy.

ISAIAH believes in the power of acting collectively in ways that are
consistent with our faith values and principles of democracy.

ISAIAH believes that all people have the ability to co-create our environment.

ISAIAH believes in the possibility of transforming people, our public institutions and culture

A VISION FOR MINNESOTA

We are working to create a Minnesota that ensures the conditions in
which all Minnesotans can be healthy. Together we commit to eliminating
place-based and race-based health inequities to ensure all Minnesotans
have an opportunity for good health.

We are working to create a Minnesota where the benefits of public
infrastructure — roads, bridges, transit, residential and commercial
development — are distributed equitably. This includes opportunities for
economic growth, community health, and the increase in wealth that
occurs with major transportation, housing or commercial developments.

We are working to create a Minnesota that aligns our public investments
and applies our collective resources to achieve equity in education,
and that opens access to opportunity to students of color across
Minnesota.

We are working to create a Minnesota that seeks fairness in all its
dealings, eliminating financial discrimination against communities of
color, supporting best practices in foreclosure prevention, and taking
an aggressive approach to enforcing fair leading laws.